French Essay Phrases For A Level

When writing an academic essay in French, it is important to avoid repetition and Anglicisms. Often, the temptation is to literally translate what you want to say in English into French but this can often cause mistakes. Here are some phrases that can be adapted for use in many situations to help elevate your language:

Faire le point de l’affaire = to summarise the issue

Tirer l’affaire au clair = to shed light on the matter

Souligner la gravité de la situation = to underline the seriousness of the situation

Le problème se banalise = the problem is getting more common

La situation empire = the situation worsens

Le problème a pris une telle ampleur que… = the problem has taken on such proportions that…

Plusieurs points forts se dégagent = several important points emerge

Ils s’avère que … = it turns out that

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à la fin

in the end

à mon avis / quant à moi / selon moi

in my opinion

alors que

whereas

autrement dit

in other words

avant de conclure

before concluding...

bien que je puisse comprendre que

although I can understand that

cela va sans dire que

it goes without saying that

cependant

nevertheless

considérons

let's consider

d’après moi

according to me

d’une part, d’autre part

on one hand, on the other hand

en ce qui concerne...

as far as ... is concerned

en outre

furthermore / moreover

enfin

finally, at last

grâce à

thanks to

il est donc question de

it is a matter of

il faut bien reconnaître que

it must be recognised that

il semble que les avantages l'emportent sur les inconvenients

it seems that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages

il serait absurde de dire que

it would be absurd to say that

il vaut mieux

it is better to

je crois que

i think/ believe that

je soutiens donc que

I maintain that

je suis contre

I am against

je voudrais souligner que

I’d like to underline that

la premiere constatation qui s'impose, c'est que

the first thing to be noted is that

ne… ni… ni

neither… nor

pas forcément la faute de

not necessarily the fault of

pour commencer

to start with

selon moi

according to me

tout bien considéré

all things considered

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